Understanding Checks and Balances (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781508162650)

The United States government is divided into the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in order to maintain a healthy balance of power, but how is that balance maintained today? This timely book explains the system of checks and balances with historical and contemporary examples, such as President Trump's executive order banning immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Readers will learn how the judicial branch was able to block portions of this executive order, and other key moments of checks and balances in U.S. history. Photographs bring these important issues into sharp focus, while fact boxes highlight essential information on this highly relevant topic.

Author: Amie Jane Leavitt
ISBN-10: 1508162654
ISBN-13: 9781508162650
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2017
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.70w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.9
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 194705 / Understanding Checks and Balances